Window-shade.



L. H. BOCH.

WINDOW SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2. 1915- 1,230,269. Patented June 19, 1917.

LOUISE II. 'BOGH, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-SHADE.

Specification of Letters latentt Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed October 2,1915 Serial No. 53,670.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISE H. Boon, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Window-Shade,

of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to window shading devices, and has particular reference to a novel swinging shade which may be readily applied to window frames.

As is well known, it is frequently desirable, particularly in sleeping apartments, to screen the room against the intrusive gaze of outsiders and at the same time to provide for the entrance of light and air. It is common practice, particularly during the warmer months, to elevate the lower s'ash of the window in sleeping apartments and then to draw the shade to the bottom of the sash. If a current of air is passing, the shade is blown to and fro, thereby alternately performing its normal function and exposing the interior of the room. This is disquieting to those of the gentler sex who may be in the act of disrobing, resulting not infrequently in the necessity for closing the window, thereby depriving the occupant of the room of needed fresh air.

My improvement has for its object the provision of means whereby the window may be opened, either at the top or bottom, in the usual manner, the shade pulled down, as desired, then swung on a pivot at the side of the shade to admit light and air, the arrangement being such that the interior of the room is substantially entirely closed to the view of outsiders.

The improvement is particularly of value to those who may sometimes desire to place their sleeping couch in close proximity to a window and to leave the window partly open during the hours of the night. In suchcases the shade is usually drawn, air being permitted to enter around the shade. However, with the device at present in use, the occupant of the sleeping couch frequently awakes in the night to find the wind blowing, the curtain flapping and the current of air blowing directly upon the person of the occupant. The discomfort caused thereby is accentuated in event of rain or snow. With the present device all such disturbances are impossible and. the occupant of the sleeping couch may rest undisturbed throughout the night. This for the reason that the shade may be drawn with the sash in any position, and the shade swung to admit the'required air with the assurance that the adjustment will remain undisturbed until changed by the occupant of the room.

Not only is the improvement of value during the hours of the night, but it is of equal value during the day, to the end that an occupant of a room may be shielded from exterior view while enabled to enjoy the light and air which would be permitted to enter werethe shade not drawn.

More numerous advantages will appear hereinafter in connection with the description of the apparatus as shown in the drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a window to which my improvement has been applied, and 1 Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the construction shown in Fig. 1, showing the position the parts will assume when the shade has been swung outwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the window frame is shown as composed of side pieces 10,11, and top and bottom pieces 12, 13 respectively. .The usual sashes 14, 15 are provided.

Mounted in the upper portion of the window opening and secured by a hinge 16 to the side member 11 of the frame, is a wooden strip 17 to which a curtain 18 is fixed in the usual manner by means of brackets. Secured to and projecting downwardly from the inner end of'the wooden member 17 is a metal rod 19, the lower end of which is seated in a socket 20 resting on the lower member 13 of the window frame. Project ing downwardly from the free end of the wooden strip 17, is a similar rod 21, the lower portion 21 of which is bent at right angles to extend in a horizontal direction and arranged at its end with an eye 22 engaging the vertical rod 19. The metal rods described form in effect a U-shaped frame between which the curtain is mounted for vertical sliding movement, the lower portion of the shade being provided with the usual stiffening strip, at the ends of which are mounted eyes 23, which engage the vertical rods 19, 21. It will be noted that the rod 19 acts as a pivot upon which the frame and Wooden member may be swung. The upper ends of the rods 19, 21 may be held in engagement with the wooden member by any suitable means, such as the thumb screws 24.

In order to hold the frame in its normal position, i. 0., in parallelism with the window sash, I may provide the metal clip 25, mounted on the lower frame member 13. As a means for securing the shade frame in adjusted positions other than the normal position, I provide the pivoted arm 26 secured to the frame member 13 at one end and provided with a longitudinal slot 27 therein. This arm 26 engages, by means of its slot, a thumb screw 28 carried by a sleeve 29 adapted for slidingmovement on the lower or horizontal portion of the rod frame, the thumb screw serving as a means for clamping the sleeve on the rod and the arm to the sleeve.

The construction shown is capable of much modification as to its details, and suclr modifications as are within the scope of my claims I consider within the spirit of my in vention.

I claim: I

1. In a device of the class described, a frame providing a window opening, a bar hinged in the top of said opening, a curtain or shade mounted on said bar, a U-shaped frame dependent from said bar, means for guiding a shade on said U-shaped frame and means associated with said window frame for holding said U-shaped frame in adjusted position, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame providing a window opening, a bar pivoted at the top of said opening and extending substantially entirely across said opening, a window shade secured to said bar, a pair of rods secured to and depending vertically from said bar, said rods being joined at their lower extremities by a horizontal bar, a pivot bearing for one of said rods, said rods providing means for guiding said shade in its vertical sliding movement and means for holding in adjustd position the shade and the frame in which it is mounted, substantially as described.

8. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a window frame, a wooden bar hinged in the upper portion of said frame, a U-shaped metal frame depending from said wooden bar, one of the vertical members of said metal frame being pivoted at its lower end, a shade mounted on said wooden member and adapted to be guided by said U-shaped frame, and means for securing said U-shaped frame in normal and other selected positions, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a window frame, a shade frame mounted wholly within said window frame and pivoted at one edge to said window frame, a shade mounted on and guided by said shade frame, and means at the lower portion of the window frame for adjustably securing said shade frame in a plurality of positions, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a window frame, a shade frame mountedwholly within said window frame, said shade frame comprising two horizontal and two vertical members and be ing mounted for pivotal movement from one edge of said shade frame, a shade mounted on and guided by said shade frame and means for holdingsaid shade frame in a plurality of adjusted positions, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a window frame, arectangular shade frame mounted wholly, within the space defined by said window frame, said shade frame being mounted for pivotal movement, and a shade mounted on said shade frame and adapted to be guided on said shade frame, the vertical margins of said shade overlying the vertical members of the shade frame, substantially as de scribed.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 29th day of Septemben'A. D. 1915'.

LOUISE I-I. BOGH.

Witnesses:

MILTON T. MILLER, 'H. C. JAcoBs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

